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Weekly Fraser Valley Sport Fishing Column

2013 Weekly Fraser Valley Sport fishing column for Oct 14 to 21,

Is there a British Columbia fresh water sport fish I have not caught? Yes; thymallus thymallus, the grayling. Though this fish is found in a small section of southeast BC, bordering Montana, this member of the salmon family is most often found in the far northern sections of our province.

Since I do not have this species on my successfully captured list, I do not believe I have the authority to talk further about this fish. Therefore, I leave the praising, to Roderick Haig-Brown.

"The first grayling I caught were among the most difficult fish I have ever fished for. I was about sixteen at the time ? I was visiting my friend, John Kinloch whose father, Sir George, was a grayling enthusiast?

I was a fair dry-fly fisherman, though probably not as good as I thought ? The Isla ? had brown trout and occasional sea trout as well as grayling, but Sir George soon convinced me that these were easy and simple-minded fish beside the grayling? A difficult fish to rise ? a difficult fish to strike ? and a difficult fish to play ?

I managed it in the end ? I successfully rose, hooked and landed a few fish of fair size-but I came away from the Isla with a very healthy respect for the grayling and all his arts."